Fishing Reports

Fishing Report

Lately, with the rivers low and clear I have switched gears on trips by myself or with Lynae to 100% fly-fishing. I’ve personally needed to dive back into that world a little and have had a lot of fun targeting smallies plus wild trout this summer on the fly. I’d been pumped about this past...

With the mid to late summer pattern being a chance of scattered to isolated showers every afternoon, bass fishing really depends on river level and water clarity. This is not to say that we are not fishing muddy or stained water and having success. Outings on both the French Broad and Pigeon rivers have produced...

It was a wild, tough, and incredible day of fishing on the river; I’d say the best day of this season so far. This past Tuesday, I had two gentlemen on my boat bass fishing a local river, one being a Navy veteran. The river levels have been really low all of June and into...

Took two clients for a half-day float trip in Asheville even with the river color being slightly stained. They ended up catching a bunch of smallies, I think we lost count around 50 fish. The fish just needed to see the lure, so bright flashy or dark colors worked the best. Some fish were caught...

I’ve been floating and bass fishing a few new sections of local flows close to home. I have also been experimenting with some new soft plastics made by 412baitco. Smallmouth bass fishing is really on fire in WNC and the topwater bite has turned ON! I mostly have been fishing the afternoon hours from 4ish till dark. Most bass...

Had the opportunity to teach my wife’s younger cousin the art of fly fishing over Memorial Day Weekend. He did really well listening to all the basics, practicing casting, learning to read the river, and being patient before getting out there and actually trying to catch some trout. He was able to catch a couple...

My beautiful wife and I put together and tested out our new RIG this weekend !! An Outcast Pac1300 Guide raft! The new boat got some fish slime on it too! We floated the entire DH section of the Tuckasegee river near Sylva… Other than tweaking a few things on the boat and taking some photos we...

We are very excited to announce a new boat to our fleet, the PAC1300 by Outcast Sporting Goods. We feel this boat will fit the needs of our local rivers as well as providing a comfortable day on the water. This boat will seat myself (guide) plus 2 Anglers. Over the past week we put...

I was on the river twice this week targeting smallmouth. Monday I took a client out on the French Broad River north of Asheville. The bite turned on like a light switch around 10:30am and was really hot for a couple hours. During that time we boated about 20+ fish in the 10-15in. range. Then...

Had a chance to get out and fish a local flow that has many species moving upriver currently. We have caught whitebass, walleye, and spotted bass recently. But today, only the bigger smallies wanted to play! We tried a few different baits, with the only success coming off 412 Baits: 3.5” grubs and Free Minnow...